Wildflowers, Pike River, WI

Menominee River, Niagara, WI

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Date: 2004-07-25 12.52.04

Occasion: Summer Vacation

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Exposure: Automatic

Res: 800x600

Notes: Menominee is Algonquin for "wild-rice people." The Menominee
River forms part of the state boundary between upper Michigan and
Wisconsin. It gives its name to the iron range where Iron Mountain,
MI, is located and to the city and county in the Upper Peninsula.
The river is not anywhere near and ought not to be confused with
the Menominee Indian Reservation on the Wolf River in Menominee
County, WI, the city of Menomonee Falls on the Menomonee River in
Waukesha County, WI, or the city of Menomonie on Lake Menomin on
the Red Cedar River in Dunn County, WI.

County Courthouse, Iron Mountain, MI

Statue: Nee-Gaw-Nee-Gaw-Bow, Wakefield, MI

Caption: Leading Man

Date: 2004-07-25 18.13.48

Occasion: Summer Vacation

Location: Sunday Lake

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Exposure: Brightened with Gimp

Res: 1600x1200

Notes: Statue by Hungarian sculptor and writer Peter "Wolf" Toth
honors the Chippewa Indians. It is the 59th statue on the "Trail of
Whispering Giants." Peter Toth has donated a different Indian
carving to each of the 50 states and Canada. It is located on the
southern shore of Sunday Lake next to the Wakefield Visitor's
Center. The statue was carved from one piece of pine donated by the
Ottawa National Forest and was completed in 1988. http://www.ironwoodmi.org/attracti.htm

I passed the evening pleasantly in the city campground (showers
included) on the opposite shore.

It has been independently confirmed that "Leading Man" bears a
striking resemblance to Peter O'Toole in his role as King Priam in
the 2004 blockbuster movie TROY.